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[darchildre]

For a very long time, I resisted wearing short skirts* because wearing them made me uncomfortable. Because a) I don't like to shave and don't like going about with visibly unshaved legs** and b) wearing things shorter than tea-length makes me feel as though I'm not fully dressed. I have recently discovered that I'm all right with wearing knee-length skirts if I wear opaque tights under them, which is good because I like wearing fun tights and no one can see them if my skirts are too long.

Today, my tights are a sort of light-beige, with pink and blue flowers. They are pretty adorable. They are also, except for the flowers, approximately the color of my skin.

I keep sort of glancing down, seeing them out of the corner of my eye, and momentarily because I could have sworn I put on tights, did I forget them and go out half dressed, what the hell? And then I notice the flowers and calm down again.

It is a bit distracting.





*And for "short", you should read "shorter than tea-length". I realize that's not actually what short means to most people.

**Thank you, guy in high school choir who made fun of me for not shaving because he could occasionally see hair through the tiny holes in the knees of my jeans. I have never forgotten you.

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[toft]

Tea-length? Sorry, I realize this is a useless comment. But I've never heard that phrase.

GOD, I was scarred for life by a boy in high school who teased me for not shaving my legs.

[darchildre]

Tea-length is below the knee but above the ankle. I had a choir director in high school who described our choir dresses thus (which hit exactly mid-calf on me) and term stuck in my head ever after.

I've never had another woman say a single thing to me about whether I ought to shave or not, but he was not the only boy who did so. Just the most memorable. Stupid femininity-policing boys.

[ex_pippin880]

I started shaving my legs in high school because of teasing, but I haven't for the last three or four years and I wear calf-length skirts all the time. The only person who's commented negatively was a relative.

I know we obviously hang out with different crowds, but I hope I'm not just being naïve in hoping that if you do one day go out in a skirt and no tights, it's also a positive experience for you. :)

Heh, I got so confused about the jeans in high school thing before I remembered you guys don't do uniforms. I was trying to imagine some denim dyed to our school colours!